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Originally Posted by Strange Famous
I remember at uni they had a whole club for people who were "LBGT" (which stands for lesbians, bisexuals, gay and transvestites), and they even used to buy in a special newspaper which was aimed at the "LBGT" people. It wasnt like a dating thing or a singles club, it was just... well I dont really know. A club that was supposed to represent the special interests of practicising or latent homosexuals.
I think all of this sort of thing (like gay pride parades and so on) is just divisive and actually plays up to the stereotypes that prejudiced people have. I would guess I have known personally maybe 10 people who were gay (including my mother) and all of them were just ordinary people really. The whole issue at the basis of this terminology discussion is people either being defined or defining themselves by what gender of person they like to have sex with - and I think that is totally wrong.
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It would be entirely different if it wasn't at one time illegal/damning/unnatural, etc., to be something other than heterosexual in virtually every facet of society. Now that it's accepted and even celebrated in certain social circles, they have these identifiers as a means of distinguishing from what was once viewed (and for a large part still widely viewed) as "normal," "healthy," and "God's image" (i.e. heterosexuality). And the battles clearly aren't over, which is a huge part of the pride behind the distinguishing identities.
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Last edited by Baraka_Guru; 05-31-2010 at 02:42 PM..
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